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Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Deputy will appreciate that for obvious reasons it is not the practice to comment on security arrangements put in place in any particular case other than to make the general point that responsibility for providing security for visiting persons or delegations rests primarily with An Garda Síochána. I would emphasise that this should not be taken in any way as confirming the...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am advised by the Immigration Services Section of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person in question was granted permission to remain in the State with Stamp 4 conditions on the basis of his marriage to an Irish national and he was informed of this by way of letter dated 06 August 2010. This permission is valid for three years effective from 21 July 2010....

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: A valid application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Division of my Department in January 2008 and I decided in my absolute discretion to grant a certificate of naturalisation. The person concerned was informed of this decision in a letter issued to him on 24 September, 2010. Officials in the Citizenship...

Written Answers — Victims' Support: Victims' Support (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: As I have stated previously in the Dáil, from 2003-2008 the Remembrance Commission operated a Scheme of Acknowledgement, Remembrance and Assistance for Victims in this Jurisdiction of the Conflict in Northern Ireland. Under the Scheme, payments could be made to individuals under various categories such as acknowledgement payments, economic hardship payments and medical expenses payments. The...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The position is that section 12 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009, which entered into effect on 1 December 2009, prohibits the creation of a fee farm grant at law or in equity. From that date, any instrument purporting to create a fee farm grant, or to grant a lease for life or lives renewable for ever or for any period which is perpetually renewable, vests in the purported...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the matter referred to by the Deputy has been investigated and a file sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for direction. As the Deputy is aware, the DPP is independent in the performance of his functions and it would not be appropriate for me to comment further. The alleged breach of a court order is a matter which can be addressed...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Under the law as it stands, married parents are joint guardians of their child. If they separate, custody is normally with the parent with whom the child is intended to reside. The law makes no distinction between the access rights of the married mother and father. Where a child is born outside marriage the mother is the sole automatic guardian. An unmarried father may apply to the court...

Written Answers — Legal Aid Service: Legal Aid Service (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 908 and 909 together. I can inform the Deputy that the full details of the estimate for 2010 for legal aid, both civil and criminal, are contained in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2010, while the costs for the earlier years sought are contained in the Revised Estimates volume for each of the years concerned. As the Deputy will be aware, copies of...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: My proposals for the better enforcement of maintenance orders are contained in the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010 which is before the House.

Written Answers — Residential Institutions: Residential Institutions (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Deputy will be aware that the Magdalen Laundries were private, religious run institutions without any legislative or State mandate for their general operation. As I have already informed the House previously the vast majority of females who entered or were placed in Magdalen Laundries did so without any direct involvement of the State. My Department's research indicates that a small...

Written Answers — Garda Transport: Garda Transport (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The detailed allocation of Garda resources, including transport, is a matter for the Garda Commissioner to decide in accordance with his identified operational requirements and priorities. I have been informed by the Garda authorities that, due to the fact that an official car was temporarily out of service at Mountjoy Garda Station, it was necessary to use a rental vehicle to ensure optimum...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am assuming that the Deputy is referring to semi-State bodies who have a significant element of commercial or trade activities within their remit. The bodies and agencies attached to my Department provide public services in the broad Justice area, and, as such, do not engage in any significant commercial activity.

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that a Garda Family Liaison Officer has been appointed to liaise with the family referred to and they are being kept apprised of developments to the greatest extent possible. The family will continue to be updated on the progress of the investigation.

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the incident referred to by the Deputy occurred in Clontarf Garda Sub-District. A senior investigating officer has been appointed, and the investigation is ongoing. Garda liaison is being maintained with the parties affected. As the matter is under investigation, it would be inappropriate for me to comment further at this time.

Written Answers — Garda Vetting Services: Garda Vetting Services (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 916, 923, 932 and 933 together. The Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) provides employment vetting for a large number of organisations in Ireland registered with the Gardaí for this purpose and which employ persons in a full-time, part-time, voluntary or training capacity to positions where they would have substantial, unsupervised access to children and/or...

Written Answers — National Age Card: National Age Card (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The National Age Card is a voluntary proof of age card issued to persons over the age of 18 years. The application procedure for the age card is governed by section 40 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 1988, as amended, and by the Intoxicating Liquor Act 1988 (Age Card) Regulations 2007. Applications are made, on the designated form, to the Garda station in the area in which the applicant...

Written Answers — Subsidiary Protection: Subsidiary Protection (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The average time taken to process an application for Subsidiary Protection, based on all such decisions made from 2007 to the present date, is nine months. As I have previously stated, the processing of applications for Subsidiary Protection is resource intensive and, as a result, the number of such applications on hands at present is quite sizeable. However, I understand that additional...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. I have requested the CSO to provide statistics directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Community-based CCTV Scheme was launched in 2005 to provide financial assistance to qualifying local organisations towards the capital costs of establishing a community CCTV system. To date there have been two major rounds of this Scheme, in 2005 and 2007. Under the 2007 round of the Scheme, a grant of €99,893 was awarded by my Department to the town referred to by the Deputy, for the...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 921 and 922 together. The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. I have requested the CSO to provide statistics directly to the Deputy.